The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-27
DRAMATIC AND LY RIG.
Emma AbbOtt's Four Nights
Engagement.
FROM LUCREzIA TO YUM YUM
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bolt, the popular prima donna,
is coming, has already created
perceptible tremor of excitement
and from the present ind1ca-
tons the opera season viii prove
the great musical and fashionable event
of the winter. The sale of seats for the
brief season commences at the box Of
fee to morrow morning-no tickets be-
ing disposed of elsewhere; iron clad
rules will prevail for this engagement I;
no more than ten seats will be sold to
any one applicant: no orders are taken
in advance behind the curtain the first
Corners will be the first served; the prices
for the matinee will be the same as the
night.
Proud indeed must be the position of
the artist who has her coming awaited
with such eager expectation as is shown
by the legion Of admirers OF Honest
Emma" in every city in the United
States where her proposed visit Is an
nounced. Beyond doubt Emma Alb
bolt stands to day the most universally
popular drima donna, taking the word
popular in its strictest sense. on the Eng
iish operate stage. That she fully de-
serves her wonderful success is readily
accorded by surveying the list of ar
lists that she each year brings before
the public and the brilliant and varied
repertoire of operas which she presents
with every accessory that insures arts
TIC and enjoyable performances. 1t is
beyond the pale of memory to recall
those who have.eyer attempted success
fully the production of so great va
riety of the grandest works of the great
composers in the English language as
has Emma Abbott. She has proven
that our tongue is not an insuperable
obstacle 10 the enjoyment OF the opera
of the grand old masters, and for that
more perhaps than anything else has
received the grateful acknowledgment
of the public. Her companies are al
ways composed of the best artists to be
found in English opera. She always
carries her own excellent choruses and
grand orchestras, which form an en-
semble perfect and complete in every
detail, and in every instance presents
her operas with q completeness that
battles rivalry.
Among the leading artists are, OF
course, first, Emma Abbott as the
bright particular star. Lizzie Amman
dale, the dashing contralto; Ida Corani.
brilliant prima donna; Nina Bertha.
Eloise Mortimer, Maria Hindle, rising
young artists of pronounced ability;
Bertha Fricke, charming contraltc;
Signor MicheleDa, the Spanish lyric
tenor; Montegriffo the dramatic tenor;
Beaumont, the second tenor; Pruette,
the famous baritone, who is supposed TO
take the place of Tagliapietra; Broder-
lex, the brilliant basso-profundo; De-
lano, basso-cantanta; Allen, comedian
and buffo-baritone.
The company will open their engage
ment on Wednesday evening in Doni-
zetti's world renowned tragic opera,
Lucrezia Borgia, The production of
this opera in English was only under
taken by Emma Abbott this season,
and notwithstanding the enor-
nifty of the hazardous venture. it has
proven one of the most brilliant sue
cesses of her entire repertoire.
In the costuming she rivals all her
former efforts, and will display as Lu-
crezia an elegant collection of court
robes and rare diamonds. On Thurs
QdN EuLQd ABDUL Will Jake ulLl0
holiday from grand opera and appear
in the character of the Japanese maiden
Yum-Yum in the Mikado. Miss Abbott
personally superintended the produc-
ton of the Mikado by her company,
through Vsntine a splendid
collection of real Japanese gowns,
handsomely embroidered, and in Every
way presents the opera on scale of mag
nifcence. She has displayed her usual
perspicacity in adding Mikado to her
repertoire, as it has been a pronounced
success even in large cities where
they have had several weeks of it.
Again ascending into the realms of
grand opera, Emma Abbott, will ap-
pear as "Leonora." in Verdi's grandly
beautiful opera, al Trovatore, " Friday,
in which impersonation she has
added another 10 her long list of tri-
umphs. Miss Annandale will sing
Azuceua. At the Saturday matinee
Petrella's brilliant comic opera, Gar
nival of Venice" will be given with
Abbott and her entire company in the
cast, and at night they will bid farewell
to Salt Lake ins production of Doni-
zetti's romantic opera, Linda of Cham
Ouri" at the close of which the star
will sing, Home Sweet Home" q